#biomimicry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biomimicry, aggregated by home.social.
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🥚 NEW: Space junk threatens #spacecraft and #astronauts. Engineers at Dalian University of #Technology built #aluminum "eggshell" arrays that deform together to spread impact #energy, with #water-filled versions dampening shockwaves further, cutting a projectile’s velocity by nearly 65% in tests.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/egg-inspired-spacecraft-shield/
#space #spacejunk #biomimicry #engineering #science #materialsscience #satellite #eggs #tech #physics #innovation #aluminium
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.
Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.
#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks
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Ok, while I do understand some of the science behind them, modern very high-resolution imaging tools in the nanometer scale are nothing short of pure #SciFiScience, say nothing of the applications they can unlock.
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"Biomimicry concepts are appearing in whole systems design. The emerging field has been called eco-mimetics ... biologically inspired systems that manage water, deal with wastes, create soils, and modify local climates."
— John Todd, Healing Earth: An Ecologist's Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship
#ecomimicry #biomimicry #ecology #systems #design #biodesign #water #waste #soil #climate #environment